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Citizens from different parts of Latin America arrived from the early hours of Saturday, November 7, in the Paris London Park of the city of Paysandu, to attend the mass of Pope Leo XIV, on the second day of his visit to Uruguay. The Pontiff begins his tour of the region - which will also take him to Peru and Argentina - one month after his lung surgery.
Pope Leo XIV began an apostolic tour of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, a journey that strengthens the links of the Catholic Church with Latin America and marks his return to a region with which he maintains a close personal and pastoral relationship. Marcial Sánchez Gaete, a doctor in history and expert in history of the Catholic Church, addresses the subject in France 24.
After boarding a plane in Rome and landing on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, Pope Leo XIV will start his tour of Latin America. The first stop of the Pontiff will be Montevideo, where he will stay three days and meet with President Yamandu Orsi, as well as meeting with Uruguayan diplomats and religious representatives. The citizens look forward to the masses that the Pope will offer.
In 10 days, the elections in Brazil, Israel and the United States were filled with defeats for ultra-right leaders. Brazil was the only Latin American country to resist the ultra-right wave, with a surprising victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; in Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu lost the majority in Parliament; and Donald Trump suffered a defeat in the half-term elections, in which he lost control of both chambers of Congress. We discussed the theme at the # InvitadoDelDiaF24 with Adrián Ortiz Client, professor of international relations at the European University of Valencia.
